Itzhak Perlman Quotes

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third

I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with it? You can't spend it, even if you try. I've been trying.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

There's nothing wrong with making a lot of money, there's something wrong with keeping it.

Money was made for the free-hearted and generous.

I think a lot of people believe that they have to be poor to serve God, that they can't have anything. They don't really even know how to give. And one of the main principles in the Bible is you'll reap what you sew, and that if you give into the lives of others, that it shall be given back to you, good measure, pressed down and shaken together. If you go plant one tomato seed, you don't get back one tomato; you get a vine of tomatoes.

One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.

There is a theory that basically says that we can shred regulations and consumer protections and give more and more to the most, and somehow prosperity will trickle down. It hasn't worked. And I think that the fundamentals of the economy have to be measured by whether or not the middle class is getting a fair shake.

The real power of money is the power to give it away.

Christmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving.

Giving is the safety valve that releases the excess pressure of wealth.

Money is a great way to get happiness. Right? Lots of wonderful things you can do with money. The question is, are we really optimizing on that? So, if you think about getting lattes and getting cable. Which one of those is actually giving you a greater happiness, and if you have to cut on one of those, which one would you cut? So, I think thinking in terms of concrete terms would help us a great deal.

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

Money goes to money heaven, body goes to body hell.

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your STANDARD OF LIVING. raise your STANDARD OF GIVING.

I'm not planning on giving my kids any of my wealth. They know when their education is over, I'm pushing them out of the nest. The bird you see dead under the nest is the one who didn't think about the future.

Give your goods to the poor: Christ. Property is theft - as long as it's not mine: Marx .

People who feel the world is tilted against them will spawn the kind of hatred that is very dangerous for all of us. I think it's a healthy sign that there are demonstrators in the streets. They are raising the question of 'is the rich world giving back enough?'

When polo is used as a platform to give back, then it becomes much more beautiful, I think.

I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I had talked about the view that wealth wasn't something that would be good to just pass to the children.

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.

I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.

I don't know how many millions I'll make, so I have to give some back to charity. God blesses me with the money, but only if I give some away.